#foreign body

Did something really cool but only the cat’s owner was around to witness it.

Cat presented for a 2 day history of sneezing. Still eating, still happy, but sneezing quite often.

Physical exam revealed no evidence of cat flu, but a black shadow inside the left nostril.

With delicate negotiation, grabbed the 1mm, darkened tip of the mystery object and proceeded to remove an entire 7cm blade of grass from this cat’s nose. It was like a magician pulling endless scarves out of their sleeve.

Instant relief for the cat, but I felt like the owner should have been way more impressed.

vet-and-wild here.

When I was still in school we had a case where a dog ate a whole steak knife. It was stuck in his throat. Also, my first emergency surgery was a dog that ate construction caulk. Two problems with that: 1. it expands and gets rock hard and 2. it’s caustic. We took it out in a tennis ball sized lump, it was crazy! I just can’t imagine what was going through that dog’s head.

GV here.

Before vet school I saw a patient that had eaten 7 medium sized rocks and a very large metal nut. I have also seen leather bracelets, dog or child’s toys, socks, and a glass lightbulb.

Sueanoi here.

A dog presented to us with proptosis (eye out of socket).While we were removing the eye, we found a snake tooth stuck on the eyeball.

Ferox here.